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Schedule 4: Law enforcement information
or “Information about court records, police data, and transport details that law enforcement agencies can access”
You could also call this:

“Laws that allow government agencies to share and compare your personal information”

This schedule lists various laws that have information matching provisions. These provisions allow different government agencies to share and compare information about you. For example, the Accident Compensation Act 2001 has three sections that allow information matching.

The list includes laws about many different areas of your life. Some of these are birth and death records, citizenship, prisons, customs, education, elections, and immigration. It also covers things like motor vehicle sales, social security, student loans, and taxes.

Each law in the list has specific sections that allow information matching. For instance, the Immigration Act 2009 has five different sections that permit this kind of information sharing. The Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012, on the other hand, only has one section listed for information matching.

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Next up: Schedule 6: Information matching rules

or “Rules for when government agencies share and compare your personal information”
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5Information matching provisions

The following table is small in size and has 2 columns. Column 1 is headed Enactment. Column 2 is headed Information matching provision.
Enactment Information matching provision
Accident Compensation Act 2001 Sections 246, 280, and 281
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 Section 112
Citizenship Act 1977 Section 26A
Corrections Act 2004 Sections 180 to 180D and 181
Customs and Excise Act 2018 Sections 306 to 310
Education and Training Act 2020 clause 9 of Schedule 3 and clauses 7, 8, and 9 of Schedule 9
Electoral Act 1993 Sections 263A and 263B
Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012 Section 39
Immigration Act 2009 Sections 294, 295, 298, 299, and 300
Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 Sections 120 to 123
Social Security Act 2018 Section 385(3), clauses 13 and 15 of Schedule 6
Student Loan Scheme Act 2011 Section 208
Tax Administration Act 1994 Clauses 41, 42, 43, and 45 of Schedule 7
Notes
  • Schedule 5 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995: repealed, on , by section 147 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (2021 No 57).
  • Schedule 5 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021: inserted, on , by section 147 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (2021 No 57).
  • Schedule 5 Education Act 1989: repealed, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).
  • Schedule 5 Education and Training Act 2020: inserted, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).